City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0155R

• File #: 14-0155R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - The Mayor’s Office of Human Services' Efforts to Address Homelessness in Baltimore
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/10/2014
• In control: Budget and Appropriations Committee
• Final action: 4/7/2014
• Title: Informational Hearing - The Mayor’s Office of Human Services' Efforts to Address Homelessness in Baltimore FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Human Services to appear before the Council to update it on the City’s efforts to make homelessness a rare and brief experience in Baltimore, and to discuss where improvements can be made in best utilizing the City’s partnerships and resources to meet this goal.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Young, Carl Stokes, Nick Mosby, Brandon M. Scott, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2014	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Recommended Favorably
4/7/2014	0	City Council	Adopted
3/13/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/10/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
3/10/2014	0	City Council	Assigned
3/10/2014	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton and President Young



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - The Mayor’s Office of Human Services' Efforts to Address Homelessness in Baltimore

FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Human Services to appear before the Council to update it on the City’s efforts to make homelessness a rare and brief experience in Baltimore, and to discuss where improvements can be made in best utilizing the City’s partnerships and resources to meet this goal.
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Throughout America, and here at home in Baltimore, homelessness remains a serious problem that often does not get the attention and resources that it deserves. Baltimore City is midway through an ambitious 10 year plan to end homelessness, and City government continues to work to make homelessness a rare and brief experience.

In recent years, the Mayor’s Office of Human Services (MOHS) has been the City agency tasked with leading the City’s efforts to achieve this goal. MOHS must work in partnership with many other government agencies on the local, State, and Federal levels, as well as with private service providers, in order to effectively address the many issues that must be considered by any attempt to combat homelessness.

Since homelessness is a persistent problem that is too often ignored, it is important that the Counc...